Landed Cost Calculator for 100+ countries
Calculate the true landed cost of importing any product from China. Factor in unit cost, freight, duties, VAT, customs brokerage, and insurance — before you wire payment to a supplier.
TL;DR
Landed cost is the total per-unit cost of getting a product from a supplier's factory to your warehouse — unit price plus freight, duties, VAT/GST, brokerage, insurance, and last-mile handling. Forthsource's free landed-cost calculator runs the math for 100+ destination countries using current HTS duty rates and live ocean/air freight benchmarks, so you can quote retail prices and margins before you place a purchase order.
How landed cost works
Landed cost = Unit cost + Freight per unit + Duty + VAT/GST + Insurance + Brokerage. Most merchants underprice their products because they only count the FOB unit price — and lose 15–35% of expected margin to import costs. The calculator above uses representative duty + tax rates per destination; for product-specific HTS codes use the HS code lookup.
Why it matters
- Pricing accuracy — quote retail off true landed cost, not FOB.
- Cash planning — duties and VAT often hit before goods arrive at your 3PL.
- Supplier comparison — a $12 FOB supplier in Shenzhen can be more expensive than a $14 FOB supplier in Vietnam after Section 301 tariffs.
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Forthsource cross-references suppliers against China's National Enterprise Credit Information System and gives you an AI trust score before you wire payment.
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